Name: Japanese Art of Kintsugi (in-person)
Start: 2025-02-21T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-22T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Franciscan Spirituality Center

Meets Friday, 7-9 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Japanese art of Kintsugi takes broken pottery and repairs the cracks with gold. These restored bowls, formerly considered worthless, become treasured items of great worth and beauty. We will use this art as a symbol of our spiritual life. Our wounds and failures can easily harden into shame and regret. Yet, if we look at our lives through the eyes of grace and compassion, our painful experiences can be transformed into great sources of inspiration, beauty and wisdom. The retreat will include time for creative expression, presentation time, individual reflection and small-group processing.
Presenters: Jean Pagliaro and Julie Connelly
Investment:
OVERNIGHT: $190, includes private bedroom, breakfast and lunch on Saturday
COMMUTER: $110, includes lunch on Saturday
www.FSCenter.org | 608-791-5295
Direct link to registration: https://fsc.retreatportal.com/calendar/event?programcode=25SGO08881
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Jean Pagliaro is the director of the FSC. She has a bachelor's degree in social work and a Master of Divinity degree. Her ministry experiences and focuses include mental health crisis response, hospital chaplaincy, grief care and programming that offers support to families. She serves on the support team for Resilient and Trauma Informed Communities, a local initiative to create a community with shared understanding and care for those who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma.
Julie Connelly is a Certified Grief Educator through David Kessler and a graduate of the FSC’s Spiritual Direction Preparation Program. She is the FSC’s program and retreat coordinator.